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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Parker, Kate.
The royal assassin / Kate Parker.—Berkley Prime Crime trade paperback edition.
pages ; cm
ISBN 978-0-425-26662-5
I. Title.
PS3616.A74525R69 2015
813'.6—dc23
2015003055
PUBLISHING HISTORY
Berkley Prime Crime trade paperback edition / July 2015
Cover illustration by Teresa Fasolino.
Cover design by George Long.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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